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Update: Seattle man accused of helping fund Sudan massacre calls it defense<p>The Seattle man who helped fund a massacre in South Sudan says the militia-style attack was a defensive action against a tribe that had attacked his tribe without warning.</p><p>Gai Bol Thong, a member of the Nuer tribe, recently gained international attention for <a href="http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/did-a-seattle-man-help-raise-money-for-a-massacre-in-south-sudan/" target="_blank">raising funding to&nbsp;support local militia </a>groups that&nbsp;have killed thousands of members of the Murle tribe. The attacks were in retaliation for the Murle attacks that have killed hundreds of Nuer, including women and children.</p><p>&ldquo;The Murle made genocide on us. We do not kill old people, women and children,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>But somebody did,&nbsp;according to the news reports.</p><p><em>(Listen to Tom&#39;s interview with Gai Bol Thong, click the audio link above.)</em></p><p><a href="http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/seattle-man-accused-of-helping-fund-south-sudan-massacre-calls-it-defense/"><strong>Read more on Humanosphere.</strong></a></p><p>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:14:43 -0500http://www.kplu.org/post/update-seattle-man-accused-helping-fund-sudan-massacre-calls-it-defense
http://www.kplu.org/post/update-seattle-man-accused-helping-fund-sudan-massacre-calls-it-defense<p>The Seattle man who helped fund a massacre in South Sudan says the militia-style attack was a defensive action against a tribe that had attacked his tribe without warning.</p><p>Gai Bol Thong, a member of the Nuer tribe, recently gained international attention for <a href="http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/did-a-seattle-man-help-raise-money-for-a-massacre-in-south-sudan/" target="_blank">raising funding to&nbsp;support local militia </a>groups that&nbsp;have killed thousands of members of the Murle tribe. The attacks were in retaliation for the Murle attacks that have killed hundreds of Nuer, including women and children.</p><p>&ldquo;The Murle made genocide on us. We do not kill old people, women and children,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>But somebody did,&nbsp;according to the news reports.</p><p><em>(Listen to Tom&#39;s interview with Gai Bol Thong, click the audio link above.)</em></p><p><a href="http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/seattle-man-accused-of-helping-fund-south-sudan-massacre-calls-it-defense/"><strong>Read more on Humanosphere.</strong></a></p><p>0no

The Seattle man who helped fund a massacre in South Sudan says the militia-style attack was a defensive action against a tribe that had attacked his tribe without warning.

Gai Bol Thong, a member of the Nuer tribe, recently gained international attention for raising funding to support local militia groups that have killed thousands of members of the Murle tribe. The attacks were in retaliation for the Murle attacks that have killed hundreds of Nuer, including women and children.

“The Murle made genocide on us. We do not kill old people, women and children,” he said.

]]>Bill Gates vs. the mosquitoes, who's winning?<p>Four years ago the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called for the eradication of malaria. Since then it has spent <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/2011/Pages/malaria.aspx">nearly $2 billion in the effort</a>.</p><p>While there has been success, many still wonder: What factors are driving malaria away? What&#39;s causing the success? There are also many confounding factors at play ranging from climate change to the mysterious disappearance of mosquitoes in east Africa.</p><p>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:21:52 -0400http://www.kplu.org/post/bill-gates-vs-mosquitoes-whos-winning
http://www.kplu.org/post/bill-gates-vs-mosquitoes-whos-winning<p>Four years ago the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called for the eradication of malaria. Since then it has spent <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/2011/Pages/malaria.aspx">nearly $2 billion in the effort</a>.</p><p>While there has been success, many still wonder: What factors are driving malaria away? What&#39;s causing the success? There are also many confounding factors at play ranging from climate change to the mysterious disappearance of mosquitoes in east Africa.</p><p>0no

While there has been success, many still wonder: What factors are driving malaria away? What's causing the success? There are also many confounding factors at play ranging from climate change to the mysterious disappearance of mosquitoes in east Africa.